Painting roller



S. WONSO PAINTING ROLLER Jan. 4, 1955 Filed Aug. 4, 1949 United States Patent .PAINTING ROLLER Stanley Wonso, Chicago, lll.

Application August 4, 1949, Serial No. 108,593

1 Claim. (Cl. 15-132.5)

The invention relates to painting devices and more particularly to the type which includes a roller having its periphery provided with distributing means and a cylinder containing a supply of paint which ows to the distributing means.

One object of the invention is to provide a painting roller of this type which is adapted to be charged with a volume of paint in such manner that the paint will be retained in the cylinder and away from the perforations therein until the roller is to be used on work.

Another object of the invention is to provide a painting roller which is simple in construction and which is adapted to be formed, so far as possible, of plastic material.

Another object of the invention is to provide a roller of this type which can be readily assembled or disas sembled, and can be readily cleaned.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the detailed description.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a side elevation of a painting roller embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, the handle being shown in elevation;

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a section of the cylinder in its upright position and a column of paint in the retaining well.

The painting roller comprises a cylinder 8, having slots 9 therein and provided with paint transfer means on its outer periphery. The transfer means may include a covering 10 of felt, which extends around the outer periphery of the cylinder and over the elongated slots 9 in the cylinder through which paint can ilow to said covering, and a wrapper of textile or cloth 11 which lits around the covering 10 and is removably held on the cylinder by elastic bands 12 which extend through loops on inturned margin 13 of the fabric.

The cylinder 8 is provided with an integral end 14 which forms a closure for one end of the cylinder. The opposite end of the cylinder is formed and closed by a head 15 which is detachably connected to the cylinder by a screw thread 16 the cylinder being seated in a groove 15 in the inner face of said head. Head 15 is provided with an integral sleeve 18 which extends axially through the cylinder and has a socket 19 at its inner end which tits around a stud 20 which is integral with cylinder-end 14. A handle 22 for manipulating the roller is secured to an arm 23 which is connected by a laterally extending member 24 and a radially extending member 25 to an axle 26 which is pivotally and removably mounted in sleeve 18. The axle 26 is held in connected relation to the sleeve 18 by a cotter pin 28 which extends through the axle on the outer side of head 15 and between washers 29 which are confined in a socket 30 formed in a flange 31 which is integral with head 15, and a screw cap 32 which is screwthreaded to ange 31, and retains cotter pin 28 and washers 29 against endwise withdrawal from socket 30. The cap 29 removably retains the axle 26 in connected relation to the roller.

An annular or cylindrical wall 34 integral with the cylinder-end 14 extends inwardly from said end a sufficient distance to form with said wall, a well 35 for retaining a column of paint and preventing it from llowing to openings 9 in the cylinder when the axis of the roller is vertically disposed. The inner end of the well is open so that the paint can be freely poured into it when the head 15 is detached from the cylinder, as illustrated in Fig. 4 when the roller is supported on one end or so that its axis is vertically disposed. When the head 15 is replaced on the cylinder and the roller is turned so its axis is horizontal and operated over the surface to which paint is to be applied, the paint will flow out of the open inner end of the well and flows onto and distributed longitudinally of the inner periphery of the cylinder from which it will ow through openings 9 to the felt 10. A bafedisk 36 is integrally formed with the sleeve 18 and spaced from the inner end of wall 34 so that when the roller is turned from vertical to horizontal position the paint from the well will be distributed transversely in the cylinder.

The operation of the painting roller will be as follows: When the roller is to be filled, the head 15 is unscrewed from cylinder 8 and the sleeve 18 with the axle 26 supported therein is withdrawn from the cylinder. The cylinder may then be set vertically so its integral end 14 rests on a suitable support and a volume of paint can be poured through the open outer end of the cylinder into the well 35 formed by the annular wall 34 and the end 14. The charge of paint may then be kept away from the perforations 9 in the cylinder until the roller is to be used. For use of the roller, head 15 will be replaced on the cylinder 8 while the latter is vertically positioned and the inner end of sleeve 18 is seated on stud 20. The wrapper 13 will then be replaced around the cylinder 8 and felt 10. So long as the cylinder remains vertically positioned the paint will be retained in the well 35. When paint is applied to a surface, the cylinder will be manipulated with its axis horizontal. The paint from the well 35 will then ow against bale 36 and into the cylinder 8 from which it will llow through perforations 9 to the felt 10 and the wrapper 13 for application to a surface over which the roller is manipulated.

The invention exemplies a painting roller in which the cylinder with the openings therein is provided with a well for retaining a charge of paint away from the perforations in the cylinder while the roller remains vertically disposed and the head 15 is removed so that the paint can be poured through the open upper end of the cylinder into the well 35. As soon as the roller is turned so its axis is horizontally disposed the charge of paint will ow from the well into the cylinder for application of the paint by the roller. The integral formation of the cylinder and one of its ends and the well-forming wall, and the integral formation of the sleeve 18 with detachable head 15 provide a simple construction which can be formed of plastic material. This also provides a construction which can be easily assembled or disassembled. When the head 15 and sleeve 18 are detached from the cylinder 8, the head 15 and sleeve 18 and the cylinder 8 can be readily cleaned. The felt covering can be easily slipped olf one end of the cylinder, and the wrapper can also be slipped olf the cylinder and covering 10.

The invention is not to be understood as restricted to the details set forth since these may be modied within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A portable painting roller adapted to be manipulated for the transfer of paint to surfaces, comprising, a hollow cylinder provided with ends, one of which is removable to provide an open end for loading, transfer means for the paint around the periphery of the cylinder, the cylinder being perforated for the flow of paint to the transfer means, an axle on which the cylinder is rotatably mounted, a handle on the axle whereby the roller may be manipulated horizontally over the surfaces to be painted and into a vertical position with the removable end at the top thereof, a sleeve around the axle and on the removable end, an imperforate annular wall on the other end of the cylinder, extending longitudinally of the cylinder and terminating longitudinally inward of the removable end and spaced radially inwardly from, the inner face of the cylinder and forming a well with its upper end open for receiving paint through the open end of the cylinder when the latter is in said vertical position and retaining the column of paint until the open end of the cylinder is closed, the well being adapted to permit the paint to ow to the cylinder and transfer means when the roller next is manipulated into its horizontal position, and a bae 652,821 on the sleeve spaced from the upper end of the well. l

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